Being able to interpret the meaning of language from a text. The minilesson would be about how to determine what is relevant to understanding the text by analyzing key words and phrases.
CC ELA, Reading informational texts, Craft and Structure, Standard #4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.
The use of different strategies to better organize a piece of writing, such as those listed in the standard.
CC ELA. Writing, 6th Grade, text type and purposes Standard #2.a: Introduce a topic; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
How to find reliable sources using different resources like the internet and print, and how to refocus the search when necessary.
CC ELA, Writing, 6th Grade, Research to build and present knowledge Standard #7: Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate.
Andrews Text and Language Questions Cont':
Killgallon's Sentence Composing:
I was in Group 2: Sentence imitating.
Activity 9: Matching Sentence Structures
#4: Model: He felt a heavy, sighing peace, like a soldier who has been comfortably wounded and know the war is over for him.
Imitation with given pieces: He spoke (d) one slow, nervous sentence, (g) like a friend who has often been hurt (c) and believes that expressions (f) of honesty (b) now must be guarded.(a)
Activity 10:
Model #4a: Strolling back/ under the warm summer elms toward the house, /Aunt Rose suddenly gasped /and put her hand/ to her throat.
Imitation: Lying down /in the middle of the living room carpet/ the dog turned over on his on its back /and imitated a dead roach.
Atwell's In the Middle & Minilesson Step 1:
Being able to interpret the meaning of language from a text. The minilesson would be about how to determine what is relevant to understanding the text by analyzing key words and phrases.
The use of different strategies to better organize a piece of writing, such as those listed in the standard.
How to find reliable sources using different resources like the internet and print, and how to refocus the search when necessary.
Killgallon's Sentence Composing:
I was in Group 2: Sentence imitating.
Inquiry Follow-up
We chose to read "For the love of Jim"